CVE-2016-1572

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 29.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-01-22 15:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:02Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-12

Assigning CNA

canonical

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass
• CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar

Data version

5.1

Document digest

16eccd437d4f768cfe3071edfe0aa34431a2b2006d6688f8b2b2ab67937b8665

• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0239http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00091.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securitytracker.com1034791http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034791vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0291http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00118.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1530566x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160120 Security issue in eCryptfs-utils (CVE-2016-1572)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0302http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00004.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2876-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2876-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-7b9a2fe987http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177396.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.debian.orgDSA-3450http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3450vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• bazaar.launchpad.nethttps://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/870x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-b02ad4e424http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177359.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA